Switchblade soft plastic lure

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a fishing lure that increases the ratio of positive hook settings by moving a hook along a hook set pathway within the mouth of a fish when a fishing line to which the hook is attached is pulled taught. The fishing lure comprises a lure body and a hook with an attached retaining bead. The retaining bead holds the hook inside the fishing lure's hook pocket until sufficient force is applied to the fishing line and hook while a counterforce is applied to the lure body. In some embodiments, the lure body is a soft plastic artificial fishing lure body. Upon setting the hook, the hook moves up out of and away from the lure body, and therefore is not obstructed by the lure body.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A fishing lure that reduces obstructions in order to increase the ratio of positive hook settings, the fishing lure connected to a fishing line and comprising:
 a soft plastic lure body comprising an interior hook pocket and a nose tube;   a hook that resides in the interior hook pocket prior to initiating hook setting and protrudes from the lure body after initiating hook setting; and   a retaining bead, attached to the hook, that resides in the interior hook pocket at an interior opening of the nose tube, said retaining bead having a greater width than the width of the nose tube, wherein the hook is moved to the protruding position when the amount of force applied to the fishing line is sufficient to overcome a resistive force holding the retaining bead in the interior hook pocket, said resistive force based on the difference between the retaining bead width and nose tube width.